S. Sudan govt elites enjoy luxuries as citizens live in poverty
Listen Juba (Alshahid) -Are Southern Sudanese Government officials trying to make up for lost time? Top of the range four-wheel drive vehicles, including the fuel-guzzler Hummer, are the only cars they are driven in. Their offices are air-conditioned and flashy, with wall-to-wall carpets. The men prefer neatly cut and well-pressed suits of the designer type, [...]
Peace Keepers or Peace Killers in Mogadishu? UN/AU Continues Somali Slaughter
Listen For over a year now the United Nations/African Union troops in Mogadishu, so called “peacekeepers”, have been regularly firing mortars and artillery into Somali neighborhoods in retaliation for attacks by the Somali resistance. “Peacekeepers” firing artillery into civilian neighborhoods? “Peacekeepers” killing untold thousands of innocent women and children whose only crime was being Somali [...]
Tanzania-USA Bilateral Relations
Listen Tanzania and United States of America (USA) enjoy good cooperation and collaboration in various fields of development over the years. The administrations of the two countries through their respective foreign affairs ministries link very well and promote their common interests for the mutual benefit of their citizens. The USA president Barack Obama and his [...]
East African Community: USA accredited Envoy to the Community
Listen The United States of America (USA) supports the implementation of regional policies in Africa that promote the well-being and advancement of the peoples of various regional economic blocs such as the East African Community. In that respect, it has therefore accredited Mr. Alfonso Lenhard, the USA Ambassador to Dar-es-Salaam, as the USA envoy to [...]
China’s economic success story worth being emulated in Africa
Listen China’s economic growth in the last two decades has overtaken the Asian Tigers and most analysts agree that its continuity would enable China to overcome the USA as world’s biggest economy by 2040. The Chinese success in economic affairs and management is partly due to their pulling together in the same direction, hardwork, identity, [...]
Uganda soldiers injured by Alshabab in Somalia airlifted to Nairobi for treatment
Listen Kampala (Alshahid) – It has now emerged that five Ugandan soldiers on a peace-keeping mission were injured in an attack on the AMISON base in Somalia and have now been airlifted to Nairobi Kenya for further medical attention. The five Ugandan soldiers were injured on Tuesday during a battle with Alshabab militants who directed [...]
Conflicts in Africa: There Is Hope
Listen A conflict arises when two or more parties have incompatible goals about something. According to Prof. Mwagiru Makumi, in a simple conflict, for example one between two people, the incompatibility arises because they may both have different perceptions, goals, and ideas about how to achieve them. The following are the common root causes of [...]
Alshabab bans BBC and VOA from operating in areas under Alshabab’s control.
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – The insurgent group Alshabab had banned the BBC from operating in areas under their rule with effect from today, according to an order from the Alshabab’s information office in Mogadishu. The order also bans local FM stations from broadcasting the BBC and VOA. According to the order, Alshabab decided to ban [...]
Kenya Lawyers push for consensus before referendum
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – The Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Constitutional Affairs should strive hard to reach consensus on the draft constitution before it is subjected to a referendum, lawyers have proposed. And the Law Society of Kenya has petitioned political leaders to mid-wife a constitution that will serve Kenyans well into posterity. Yet others [...]
The Visa Nightmare: Africa Should Retaliate
Listen Foreign embassies in Africa and other developing countries have found an easy way of making money – because they know no matter how many times they reject applications, people will still re-apply. The current visa system is a fraud and something has to be done about the whole visa application process. Applying for a [...]